PHS tennis squads rout Artesia

April 5, 2005

PNT Staff

ARTESIA — Portales High’s tennis teams had no trouble with Artesia on Tuesday, not losing a set all day in rolling to 9-0 victories.
The PHS boys lost only five games in singles and seven in doubles in improving their dual record for the year to 6-4. Chris Kirchner, Chance Plummer and Nathan Acker each won 6-0, 6-0 in singles, while Logan Brown lost only one game and Chase Acker and Matt Tucker dropped two games apiece.
In doubles, Plummer and Brown won 6-3, 6-2 at No. 1, while Kirchner and Chase Acker rolled to a 6-0, 6-0 win at No. 2 and Nathan Acker and Tucker cruised 6-2, 6-0 at No. 3.
For the girls, Morgan Erf posted a 7-5, 6-0 win at No. 1 singles, while Rachelle Self and Bethany Self each won 6-0, 6-1 at No. 2 and No. 3, respectively.
Jessica Bulls won 6-1, 6-0 at No. 4, Kaycee Quick posted a 6-3, 6-2 win at No .5 and Whitney Miller won 6-2, 6-1 at No. 6.
In doubles, Rachelle Self and Quick won 6-3, 6-1 at No. 1; Erf and Bulls posted a 6-0, 6-1 triumph at No. 2, and Bethany Self and Miller were 6-2, 6-2 winners at No. 3.

Dora splits with Portales JV — Brent Hays and Phillip Danbom combined on a two-hitter to lift the Dora Coyotes to a 4-0 victory over the Portales High junior varsity in the first game of a baseball doubleheader on Tuesday at Ram Field.
PHS came back to take the second game 4-1 as Jose Lucero had three hits and Lawrence Gamble two, and each drove in a run. That contest was called after five innings due to the chilly, windy conditions.
In the first game, Ben Massey led the attack for Dora (2-5) by going 2-for-3. Massey and Tyler Wilhoit both had run-scoring singles for the Coyotes, who begin district play at home on Thursday with a 3 p.m. contest against Elida.
Hays went the first three innings, allowing a bunt single, before Danbom came on for the final four frames.